2012 Harley-Davidson FLHTCUTG Tri Glide Ultra Classic from United States of America

Summary:

Like it overall, but room for improvement

Faults:

Brakes have squealed like a school bus from the day I picked it up... Harley tells me they have no fix, and charged me 86.00 dollars for a brake inspection to tell me this... E-brake needed adjusting at 3000 miles, and wasn't working any more.

29th Sep 2013, 16:29

Harley Davidson Tri Glide.

I love the bike, but there is a big time problem with the bike overheating. When I first bought the bike, I had about 600 miles on it, and I broke down 50 miles from home, because I was riding along at about 65, and it started knocking from the engine. So I pulled it over, shut it down and called the Harley shop, and they came and towed it to the shop, and they said they had a lot of complaints about the over heating, but did nothing.

Then in about another 60 miles, the transmission started knocking. Then comes a bulletin saying there is a neutral knock; when you have the bike heated up and put it in neutral, it knocks bad. They did nothing again; they said if it blows up, it's covered by the warranty.

Then I'm at the 5,000 checkup, and between new and 5,000 miles, they have had to replace the voltage regulator 3 times. I just pray that what happened to my buddy that has the same bike, doesn't happen to me; he was broke down about 100 miles from the dealership, and his regulator went out, and before he was thru, it cost him $2,000.00 for the tow truck and all the other things like motels and eats. They do pay for some of that, but it's 2 months later and there's no money in his pocket yet.

I'm beginning to start doing some big time worrying myself. I mean can I trust this not to break down on me when least expected. It really worries me big time. I sure wouldn't trust it to drive it to Sturgis from where I live.

Just keep what I'm telling you in mind. I still love my bike, but what's up Harley Davidson?